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Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan’s poe...

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan’s poetic tweet hints at entry into polit...

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan set his Twitter followers and others wracking their minds with a Tamil poem that sounded like signaling entry into politics. “Let us criticise as nobody now is the king. We will stand up as we are not a king like you. Defeated and dead then militant. If I decide,... read more »

Why ‘fair’ is handsome, questions Munna ...

Why ‘fair’ is handsome, questions Munna Michael actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui...

Sanjay Chouhan, the casting director of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz had apparently said that after Chitrangada Singh walked out of the film, they wanted an actress who would look suitable opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui as “you can’t cast fair and handsome people with Nawaz.” Nawazuddin... read more »

Rajkumar Hirani to play cameo in Ranbir ...

Rajkumar Hirani to play cameo in Ranbir Kapoor starrer Sanjay Dutt biopic?

Sanjay Dutt biopic features actor Ranbir Kapoor as the protagonist.Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanjay Dutt biopic featuring actor Ranbir Kapoor is one of the anticipated films of the year and now latest reports suggest that Hirani is planning to turn actor with this film. Speculations are rife... read more »

Karan Johar on Kangana Ranaut jibe at II...

Karan Johar on Kangana Ranaut jibe at IIFA-2017

Ever since the word ‘nepotism’ has been mentioned on Karan Johar’s show by Kangana Ranaut, it has become the buzz word in the film industry. But the filmmaker is regretful that he brought up the issue time and again. Karan also vowed that he will not speak about nepotism nor... read more »

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CCI rules out cartelisation among steel producers

CCI rules out cartelisation among steel producers

Competition Commission has closed the case of alleged unfair trade practices against steel producers, including SAIL, RINL and Tata Steel, following insufficient evidence of cartelisation in hiking... read more »

Govt mulls strengthening regulatory coordination panel: Chidambaram

Govt mulls strengthening regulatory coordination p...

The government is working to strengthen the high-level regulatory coordination panel – Financial Stability Development Council (FSDC) –... read more »

Reliance Communications to split GSM unit from CDMA

Reliance Communications to split GSM unit from CDMA

Mumbai – Reliance Communications is undergoing a new round of restructuring, aimed at separating the mobile phone major’s growing GSM business from... read more »

Nokia Android smartphone still in the works

Nokia Android smartphone still in the works

Nokia may not be giving up on its rumored Android phone after all, that is if new photos posted online are to be believed. The new images were posted on... read more »

Gold prices on monday fell by Rs 15 to Rs 30,200 per te...

Gold prices on monday fell by Rs 15 to Rs 30,200 per ten grams

Snapping its three-day rising streak, gold prices on Monday fell by Rs 15 to Rs 30,200 per ten grams in the national capital on lower demand at existing higher... read more »

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TCS techie jumps out of auto to escape kidnapping bid in Mumbai

A 24-year-old TCS employee is still critical and battling for her life in Jupiter Hospital near Mumbai. Swapnali Lad, suffered serious injuries, when she jumped to safety from a moving auto-rickshaw... read more »

SC restrains UP Police from acting against Taslima

Want to live in India even if Bangladesh allows en...

Hopeful of getting a resident permit in India, controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has said that even if Bangladesh allows her to enter,... read more »

Woman poisoned to death by in-laws

A 28-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her in-laws for dowry at Buara village under Khatoli Police Station in the district, police said today. Neha,... read more »

Tamil Nadu introduces bill to provide legal protection ...

Tamil Nadu increases milk procurement prices

CHENNAI: In what could provide a legal protection to the dhoti, the traditional attire in Tamil Nadu, chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday introduced a... read more »

Congress facing coup from within: Arun Jaitley on Rahul...

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s uncharacteristic display of aggression in Lok Sabha on Wednesday over no debate on rising communal... read more »

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Marcelo out of Brazil friendlies

Marcelo out of Brazil friendlies

Sao Paulo – Real Madrid and Brazil left-back Marcelo is out of his country’s international friendlies against Chile and Honduras later this month. The defender injured his knee during a... read more »

Nadal beats Berdych to enter semi-finals

Nadal beats Berdych to enter semi-finals

London – World No. 1 Rafael Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych for the 16th straight time to qualify for the semi-finals from Group A with a perfect... read more »

Wawrinka beats Ferrer to keep qualifying hope alive

Wawrinka to play in Chennai Open

London – Stanislas Wawrinka fought back from one set down to beat third seed David Ferrer and keep alive his hope of qualifying for the semi-finals at... read more »

Viswanathan Anand seeks sixth title as World Chess Cham...

I will try to liven things up in next game: Vishwanathan Anand

Billed as the most high-profile clash in chess history in more than 40 years between defending champion Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the... read more »

Lower-order contribution good for Indian cricket : Form...

Lower-order contribution good for Indian cricket : Former captain Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid heaped praise on Ravichandran Ashwin for his century in India’s first innings in the first cricket Test against the West Indies today and said a... read more »

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Six killed in attack on Afghan intelligence agency

AtNangahar’s public health director, Najib Kamawal, said: “So far six bodies and 45 wounded have been transferred to the local hospital.” “Most of the victims are... read more »

Police officer resigns, another is fired after Fer...

A police officer has resigned after pointing a rifle at protesters during racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, and another has been... read more »

Don’t mess with nuclear Russia, Putin says

LAKE SELIGER, Russia: President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia’s armed forces, backed by its nuclear arsenal, were ready to meet any aggression,... read more »

Pentagon says Iraq operations have cost $560 million so...

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Friday that military operations in Iraq have cost more than $560 million so far, including the surveillance flights and... read more »

Obama Weighing Delay in Action on Immigration

WASHINGTON — President Obama is considering a delay of his most controversial proposals to revamp immigration laws through executive action until after the... read more »

Maldives president escapes speedboat blast, wife injured

Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was saved from an explosion on his speedboat unhurt but his wife and two aides were injured on board when the boat approached the capital Male on Monday, a... read more »

China’s Didi Kuaidi Firms Up Anti-Uber Alliance, Invests in Ola

China’s most popular ride-hailing app Didi Kuaidi said on Monday it has invested in Indian peer Ola, forging a new alliance within a network of companies challenging US rival Uber... read more »

Ola Opens Up API for Mobile Apps, Individual Developers

Taxi aggregator Ola Saturday announced the public release of its API, allowing major mobile apps as well as individual developers to integrate the company’s offering with their... read more »

Dr Reddy’s climbs as drug maker launches Nexium’s generic

NEW DELHI: Shares of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories surged over 6 per cent in Monday’s trade after the drugmaker launched a generic version of Nexium following approval from the United... read more »

Gold ETFs witness outflow of Rs 363cr in Apr-Aug FY 2016

NEW DELHI: Investors continue to pull out money from gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but the pace of outflow has slowed down in the current fiscal on account of the sluggish equity market trends.... read more »